Opinions
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US University Stands By Dalai Lama As Commencement Speaker Despite Chinese Protests
A US university announced on February 2 that their all campus commencement event coming up later this year would have the Dalai Lama of Tibet as its keynote speaker. The decision was received as a backlash to the sentiments of the Chinese students of the university. However, the University stands by and does not look…
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No Compulsion To Stand Up For National Anthem Being Played As Part Of Film: Apex Court
There has been incidents of forced patriotism that came from insides of the theatres. There were few cases in the headlines where people were physically assaulted for not respecting the National Anthem by standing up while it was being played in the theatres. This sort of forced patriotism strangely confused people across the the country.
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Where Did Late Elliot Sperling Stand On Tibet-China Issue?
Tibetans in exile lament the passing away of scholar and human rights champion Elliot Sperling who died at the age of 66. Sperling, who was considered as one of the world’s leading historians of Tibet and Tibetan-Chinese relations, made questions of sovereignty and boundaries the focal point of his career.
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Trump’s Executive Order On Immigration May Spell Tough Times For Tibetan Refugees
New Delhi: United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday afternoon which effectively curtails the movement of immigrants signing into the United States of America. While the focal point of this decision remains Muslim-majority countries, Trump’s ‘narrow’ policy on immigration may spell tough times for Tibetan refugees.
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Mongolia Risked It All For The Dalai Lama
With more than 50% of its population constituting Buddhists who follow and worship the Dalai Lama as their spiritual leader, Mongolia risked it all for his visit to the country last month. Despite being highly depended on China economically and politically, Mongolia invited the Dalai Lama on a religiously visit to the country despited total…
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Tibet’s Dalai Lama deserves India’s Bharat Ratna
Erstwhile Himachal Pradesh CM and current BJP MP Parliament, Shri Shanta Kumar recently urged Indian Government to confer her highest civilian award (Bharat Ratna) to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at a book release occasion at Dharamshala. This is a right call from an Indian MP whose association with Tibet in general and His Holiness…
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The Dalai Lama Is Not A Separatist: Chinese Dissident
A Chinese dissident named Han Lianchao, a former officer of Chinese Foreign Ministry writes an article titled as ‘The Dalai Lama is an Anti-separatist element’. In this article, Dr. Han Lianchao explains why the Dalai Lama is not a separatist as the Chinese claims. He explains that he himself was once one of those who…
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Tibetans Livelihood At Stake In Nepal With Ever Growing Chinese Influence!
Tibetans are being restricted to greater extends from the Nepalese police which we have seen during the recent occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday in July. When the Tibetans gathered around the Boudha stupa in on 6th July, after making the preparations for celebration of His Holiness’s birthday since past few months, the…
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Yongzin, China’s Gift To Tibetans Or A Propaganda Tool?
Yongzin, which literally refers to a tutor in more specific context of Tibetan Buddhism, is the name of the first search engine completely packaged in Tibetan language backed by the Chinese government. This search engine besides performing the search queries for Tibetan, it’s designs and interfaces are tailored in Tibetan language too. This will obviously…
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Tibetan Parliamentary Elections in Exile: Glitches and Prospects
This Tibetan implementation of democracy “from the top down” contrasts to the traditional and conventional transition and struggle of Democracy by people across countries in the world. This uniquely different Tibetan democracy was born in exile in India with the formalisation of the Draft Constitution for the Future Tibet on March 10, 1963, and the…